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Total number of records: 1560

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Books and printed items1340
Archives220

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Brotherton Collection1560
Incunabula1340

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incunabula9
canon law6
sermons, latin6
christian saints5
printing5
apologetics4
astronomy4
block books3
encyclopedias and dictionaries3
world history3

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Florence (Italy)3
Asia1
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Great Britain1
Rome1

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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)256
Baron Brotherton165
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton165
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton165
Lord Brotherton165
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton165
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)20
Koberger, Anton14
Husner, Georg (1505)11
Antoninus Saint, Archbishop of Florence (1389-1459)10

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Incunabula (Brotherton Collection)

Leeds University Library holds over 300 incunabula, that is, books printed in Europe before 1501. The incunabula contain a variety of subject matter. Classical writing, theology, philosophy and mediev...

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[Flores astrologiae]

Abū Maʻshar (886); Johannes, Hispalensis; Ratdolt, Erhard (1447?-1528); Capé, Charles-François (1806-1867); Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514); Redgrave, G R (1844-1941); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Xiiij. Kal[endas] Dece[m]bris.M.cccc.lxxxviij. [18 November 1488]

Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on c3v reads:Opus floru[m] Albumasaris explicit feliciter Erhardi Ratdolt Augustensis viri solertis eximia industria : & mira imprimendi ar...

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Incipit summula confessionis utilissima : in qua agitur quomodo de habere debeat confessor erga penitentem in confessionibus audiendis

Antoninus Saint, Archbishop of Florence (1389-1459); Johann von Köln (1471-1491); Manthen, Johann (1471-1481); Holloway, Marseille M (1809-1897); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M.cccc.lxxiiij. [1474]

Title from incipit. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf [101]r: reads: Explicit vtilissima [con]fessio[n]is su[m]mula a reuerendissimo in christo patre fratre Antonino Archiep[iscop]o Florentino...

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Burleus super octo libros physicorum

Burlaeus, Gualterus (1275-1345?); Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE); Vernia, Nicoletto (1420-1499); Scotto, Ottaviano (1498); Locatelli, Boneto (1486-1523); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno salutis nonagesimop[ri]mo supra millesimum [et] quadringe[n]tesimu[m]. Quarto nnas dece[m]bris. [2 December 1491]

Signatures: a-i⁸ k⁶ l-z8 [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ AA-BB⁸ CC-DD⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on DD4v reads: Impressa arte [et] diligentia Boneti locatelli bergome[n]sis. Su[m]tib[us] v[...

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Expositio preclarissimi atque eximii artium ac medicine doctoris Petri de Ebano Papauini in librum problematum Aristotelis feliciter incipit

Petrus de Abano (1250-1315); Herbort, Johann (1484); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno.M.cccc.lxxxii.die.xxva.Februarii. [25 February 1482]

Signatures: [*²] a-z⁸ A-Q⁸. Colophon on Q6 reads: Explicit expositio succinta problematum Aristo. quam Petrus edidit Paduanus: ea nullo prius interpretante: incepta quidem Parisius: et laudabili...

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Armandus de declaratione difficilium terminorum tam theologiae quam philosophiae ac logicae

Armand de Belvézer (1326-1334); Wenssler, Michael (1472-1497); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M. cccc. xci. Prima Marcij. in insigni vrbe Basileorum. [1 March 1491]

Place and date of printing from colophon. Colophon on y7v reads: Doctissimi atq[ue] Eximij Theologie professoris: necno[n] Sacri palacij preclarissimi doctoris. fratris Armandi de Bellovisu. Diui or...

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Summa de casibus per fratrem Astexanum de Ordine Fratrum Minorum compilata ad honorem Dei immortalis et diligentem exhortationem domini Johannis Gaietani diaconi cardinalis Sancti Theodori

Astesano; Bellatus, Bartholomaeus; Lisboa, Gomes de (1513); Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Grey, Charles Hervey (1875-1955); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Crawshaw, Edward

M.cccc.lxxxij.die.xj.mensis May [11 May 1482]

Signatures: [a⁸ b-d⁶ e-g⁸ h-m⁶ n-p⁸ q-x⁶ y-z⁸ A⁸ B-F⁶ G⁸ H-I⁶ K-L⁸ M-S⁶ T⁸ V⁸ Y-Z⁶ 2a-2c⁶]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf [323v] reads: Summe confessionis...

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Ex libro retractationvm: confessionvm mearvm libri tredecim & de malis & de bonis meis Avrelii Avgvstini devotissimvs confessionvm liber incipit: magnvs es domini et laudabilis ualdis... [etc]

Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430); Bono, Giovanni (1473-1476); Castelli, Francesco (1505?-1578); Paillet, Eugène (1829-1901); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno incarnationis domini M.CCCC.LXXV.: XII° Kalendas Augusti. [21 July 1475]

Signatures: [1-20⁸ 21⁴]. Colophon reads: Avrelii Avgvstini confessionvm tertivs decimvs atqve vltimus liber explicit. Deo gratias. Q[uod] lætum augustina ferat confessio fœtum Præsens fratre r...

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Aurelij augustini de ciuitate dei primi libri incipiunt rubrice

Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430); Jenson, Nicolas (1420-1480); Crawshaw, Edward; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno a natiuitate domini mile simo quadringe[n]tesimo septuagesimo quinto: sexto nonas octobres. [2 October 1475]

Signatures: [a-b⁸ c-z¹⁰ A-H¹⁰]. Colophon reads: Aurelij Augustini opus de ciuitate dei feliciter explicit: confectum uenetijs ab egregio [et] dilige[n]ti magistro Nicolao ienson: Petro mo[c]e...

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Aurelij Augustini Prima Quinquagena

Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430); Amerbach, Johannes (1430-1513); Eccleston, John (1516); Fauconberg, Viscounts; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]n. M.cccc.xcvii [1497]

Signatures: a-d⁸ e-m in alternate 8s and 6s n⁶ o¹⁰ A-F in alternate 8s and 6s G⁸ H-P in alternate 8s and 6s Q-R⁸ S-U⁶ aa-qq in alternate 8s and 6s rr-tt⁸ Aa-Bb in alternate 8s and 6s Cc...

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Summa Pisani cum Supplemento incipit feliciter, que alias Magistrutia seu Pisanella appellatur

Nicholas of Osimo (1453); Astesano; Bartholomew of San Concordio (1262-1347); Zell, Ulrich (1503); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

MCCCLXXXiij.Nona Kal[endas] Marcij. [21 February 1483]

Signatures: a-z⁸ A-T⁸ V-Y⁶. Imprint date from the colophon on leaf CCCXLib. Title from caption on leaf ia. Nicholas is named on leaf CCCXXXviija. An enlargement, completed by Nicholas of Osi...

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Opus preclarissimum Epistolarum deuotissimi beatissimique Bernardi primi Clareuallensis, abbatis, quae emendate castigatum Feliciter incipit

Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1153); Kesler, Nicolaus (1471-1510); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni Nonagesimoquarto sup[er] Millesimu[s] quaterq[ue] ce[n]tisimu[s].Die v[er]o p[ri]ma mens[is] Decemb[ris]. [1 December 1494]

Signatures: a⁸ b-r⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on r2v reads: Exaratu[s] Basilee. Anno d[omi]ni Nonagesimoquarto sup[er] Millesimu[s] quaterq[ue] ce[n]tisimu[s].Die v[er]o p[ri]ma mens[is] ...

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